From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: joakim@verona.se Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: more url-utils? Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 23:07:49 +0200 Message-ID: References: <8739kgqbui.fsf@gnu.org> <871uzy7b9o.fsf@lifelogs.com> <877h9q5ub7.fsf@lifelogs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1305580081 16458 80.91.229.12 (16 May 2011 21:08:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 21:08:01 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Ted Zlatanov , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon May 16 23:07:57 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QM51A-0003Lw-S7 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 16 May 2011 23:07:57 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45328 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QM51A-00078M-9Q for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 16 May 2011 17:07:56 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:43082) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QM517-00078C-8q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 16 May 2011 17:07:54 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QM516-0007Wr-8k for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 16 May 2011 17:07:53 -0400 Original-Received: from batman.blixtvik.net ([87.96.254.3]:51058) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QM516-0007Wm-0D for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 16 May 2011 17:07:52 -0400 Original-Received: from www.verona.se (3-208-96-87.cust.blixtvik.se [87.96.208.3]) by batman.blixtvik.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3F017F9690; Mon, 16 May 2011 23:07:50 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from chopper (unknown [192.168.201.6]) by www.verona.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B3FBA89358; Mon, 16 May 2011 23:07:50 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Mon, 16 May 2011 16:53:37 -0300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 87.96.254.3 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:139445 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: >>>> After looking at many examples in Emacs, I can't find or think of any >>>> need for the headers *as text* in the code I've seen. I would: > SM> That sounds right. >> ...so can I go ahead with my proposal or would you rather be >> conservative and keep the old behavior, making API users turn off >> headers explicitly? > > There are 3 parts. > - removal of header text. > - backward compatibility. > - providing header info in a non-textual format. > > All three are important. Teds proposal addresses all three concerns right? - The new API does what coders expect, no information is lost - the old api is retained but marked obsolete - headers are accessible in alist format Its more work but Teds volunteered to do it. Great! > > Stefan -- Joakim Verona